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Changes in prevalence of mental disorders among internally displaced persons in central Sudan: a 1-year follow-up study
- Source :
- Global Mental Health, Global Mental Health (GMH), e24
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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Abstract
- Background Sudan has one of the largest numbers of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the world, estimated at five million. The main cause of displacement was the civil war. Attention to the health and in particular the mental health of IDPs has been lacking. That includes limited population longitudinal data describing the “natural” fluctuations of mental morbidity among these groups. The aim of this study is to investigate the level and stability of mental disorders among IDPs over a 1-year period. Method In this 1-year follow-up of IDPs in two settlement areas in central Sudan, 1549 persons 18 years or older were interviewed twice using the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview. Trained psychologists collected the data in a random household survey in the selected IDP areas. Results We found overall high stability among those having and those free of mental disorders in this 1-year follow-up study. There were, however, discernible and statistically significant increases in overall new cases of mental disorders from T1 to T2 as major depression increased by 1.4%, generalized anxiety by 2.8% and social phobia by 1.4%. Conclusion The study revealed continued high levels and increases of mental disorders over time, although with a pattern of substantial persistence among those initially ill and limited recovery. This might be due to a complex set of factors such as unavailability of mental health services, poverty, low educational level and social exclusion.
- Subjects :
- education.field_of_study
Poverty
Etiology
business.industry
Population
Mental health
030227 psychiatry
mental disorders
Original Research Paper
Sudan
03 medical and health sciences
Mental distress
0302 clinical medicine
Prevalence of mental disorders
IDPs
mental distress
Internally displaced person
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
business
education
Depression (differential diagnoses)
Demography
Mini-international neuropsychiatric interview
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20544251
- Volume :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Global Mental Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a57b6eb6de9f1b0b97bef9bb91e95645